Sydney

#348 for girls in 2025, 873 births · #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
Given to girls 95.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
#23
2000 · 10,243 births
Debut · girls
1886
8 births
In top 100 · girls
20 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
178,296
since 1886

Sydney over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202004peak #23, 2000peak #340, 1913girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#348873#4,85720
2024#2881,104#4,07226
2023#3071,003#3,22837
2022#2711,169#3,61731
2021#2491,231#3,12138
2020#2411,246#3,49731
2019#1971,535#2,99340
2018#1641,757#3,17136
2017#1462,013#2,95140
2016#1352,322#2,62647
2015#1222,660#2,48650
2014#1092,855#2,49250
2013#983,177#2,42451
2012#783,456#2,38053
2011#653,974#2,03566
2010#604,335#1,92473
2009#485,061#2,23159
2008#495,264#1,81381
2007#376,032#2,07166
2006#346,516#1,85673
2005#307,376#1,74276
2004#278,368#1,404101
2003#258,911#1,63077
2002#239,034#1,59676
2001#239,639#1,221109
2000#2310,243#1,116126
1999#239,649#1,181109
1998#288,553#1,105116
1997#358,032#1,075118
1996#397,259#979128
1995#437,360#1,126103
1994#764,737#1,25486
1993#1063,050#1,033114
1992#1242,708#1,15092
1991#1342,380#1,28276
1990#1502,028#1,27076
1989#2301,193#1,16283
1988#275914#1,37357
1987#365651#1,43950
1986#465464#1,56542
1985#477440#1,72435
1984#624285#1,55639
1983#788201#1,78731
1982#958155#1,26454
1981#954154#1,54839
1980#1,083130#2,00327
1979#1,169113#2,04825
1978#1,154110#1,61634
1977#1,30389#1,51537
1976#1,026121#1,82827
1975#1,22993#1,75328
1974#1,80149#1,43936
1973#1,49663#1,54831
1972#1,24284#1,32740
1971#1,125104#1,33040
1970#1,133103#1,07058
1969#1,066106#1,44031
1968#1,042100#1,11945
1967#905128#96856
1966#760166#1,14942
1965#767167#1,04350
1964#804169#93666
1963#838155#1,03753
1962#1,081100#1,05652
1961#957127#1,02858
1960#943128#1,08351
1959#891136#96963
1958#1,012105#91568
1957#951117#1,05052
1956#924120#89769
1955#839134#1,08448
1954#782143#99656
1953#736153#81977
1952#603207#91560
1951#598205#91260
1950#595202#77278
1949#624176#74286
1948#720137#80271
1947#730137#74286
1946#641152#75377
1945#634132#64588
1944#611145#69879
1943#543190#74076
1942#541187#637100
1941#537171#66584
1940#75285#74168
1939#77577#66779
1938#73787#70075
1937#71391#60093
1936#67297#63782
1935#68894#67079
1934#660103#67880
1933#633107#61987
1932#80172#60795
1931#1,10441#69775
1930#1,43429#68982
1929#1,30633#64990
1928#1,50228#62197
1927#1,27838#584112
1926#1,88321#585113
1925#1,70025#539129
1924#1,44033#560127
1923#1,15844#524134
1922#1,50830#485161
1921#1,76524#471169
1920#1,47030#456177
1919#1,17740#469161
1918#1,10244#427187
1917#1,28132#421180
1916#1,12739#385205
1915#1,36727#410172
1914#1,30323#348180
1913#1,22921#340146
1912#1,62012#359114
1911#1,37212#38554
1910#1,17115#41542
1909#1,01516#47329
1908#1,26111#46328
1907#1,6397#54020
1906#1,7276#50320
1905#79721#40428
1904#1,6596#39028
1903#1,7925#41123
1902#1,7935#61513
1901#1,3397#55913
1900—#69913
1899#1,3946#45717
1898—#66311
1897—#51515
1896#1,5835#51816
1895—#39024
1894—#41221
1893—#37123
1892#1,2786#52515
1891—#7008
1890#1,2106#60311
1889—#43418
1888#1,1366#44218
1887—#46114
1886#8288#60510
1885—#34425
1884—#52013
1883—#55611
1882—#61110
1881—#7816
1880—#52612
First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Sydney! It came in at #828, and was given to 8 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Sydney is popular in 2004

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #15 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 93 girlsAKMaine: #20 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 105 girlsMEVermont: #18 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 84 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #15 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 85 girlsNHWashington: #22 for girls · 190 births · 1 in 151 girlsWAIdaho: #14 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 117 girlsIDMontana: #24 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 112 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #13 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 78 girlsNDMinnesota: #17 for girls · 221 births · 1 in 119 girlsMNIllinois: #26 for girls · 364 births · 1 in 188 girlsILWisconsin: #25 for girls · 179 births · 1 in 139 girlsWIMichigan: #20 for girls · 346 births · 1 in 139 girlsMINew York: #42 for girls · 391 births · 1 in 248 girlsNYMassachusetts: #34 for girls · 161 births · 1 in 182 girlsMARhode Island: #24 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 112 girlsRIOregon: #19 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 146 girlsORNevada: #53 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 246 girlsNVWyoming: #25 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 98 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #19 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 105 girlsSDIowa: #17 for girls · 120 births · 1 in 113 girlsIAIndiana: #16 for girls · 239 births · 1 in 136 girlsINOhio: #18 for girls · 421 births · 1 in 137 girlsOHPennsylvania: #31 for girls · 318 births · 1 in 174 girlsPANew Jersey: #36 for girls · 212 births · 1 in 196 girlsNJConnecticut: #30 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 146 girlsCTCalifornia: #53 for girls · 753 births · 1 in 304 girlsCAUtah: #19 for girls · 128 births · 1 in 143 girlsUTColorado: #17 for girls · 167 births · 1 in 148 girlsCONebraska: #19 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 123 girlsNEMissouri: #21 for girls · 201 births · 1 in 141 girlsMOKentucky: #19 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 161 girlsKYWest Virginia: #29 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 144 girlsWVVirginia: #17 for girls · 287 births · 1 in 129 girlsVAMaryland: #16 for girls · 213 births · 1 in 115 girlsMDDelaware: #23 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 110 girlsDEArizona: #46 for girls · 126 births · 1 in 273 girlsAZNew Mexico: #75 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 291 girlsNMKansas: #18 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 137 girlsKSArkansas: #23 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 140 girlsARTennessee: #30 for girls · 178 births · 1 in 171 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #15 for girls · 303 births · 1 in 147 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #30 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 170 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #10 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 98 girlsDCOklahoma: #28 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 179 girlsOKLouisiana: #34 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 202 girlsLAMississippi: #39 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 206 girlsMSAlabama: #24 for girls · 124 births · 1 in 156 girlsALGeorgia: #19 for girls · 306 births · 1 in 165 girlsGAHawaii: #53 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 215 girlsHITexas: #38 for girls · 576 births · 1 in 277 girlsTXFlorida: #32 for girls · 375 births · 1 in 219 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#10 · 1 in 98
  2. North Dakota#13 · 1 in 78
  3. Idaho#14 · 1 in 117
  4. New Hampshire#15 · 1 in 85
  5. Alaska#15 · 1 in 93

Best ever in a state: #6 in South Dakota, 2001.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#10361 in 98
North Dakota#13321 in 78
Idaho#14551 in 117
Alaska#15251 in 93
New Hampshire#15551 in 85
North Carolina#153031 in 147
Indiana#162391 in 136
Maryland#162131 in 115
Colorado#171671 in 148
Iowa#171201 in 113
Minnesota#172211 in 119
Virginia#172871 in 129
Kansas#18991 in 137
Ohio#184211 in 137
Vermont#18191 in 84
Georgia#193061 in 165
Kentucky#191211 in 161
Nebraska#19681 in 123
Oregon#191091 in 146
South Dakota#19291 in 105
Utah#191281 in 143
Maine#20421 in 105
Michigan#203461 in 139
Missouri#212011 in 141
Washington#221901 in 151
Arkansas#23861 in 140
Delaware#23281 in 110
Alabama#241241 in 156
Montana#24251 in 112
Rhode Island#24351 in 112
Wisconsin#251791 in 139
Wyoming#25131 in 98
Illinois#263641 in 188
Oklahoma#28941 in 179
West Virginia#29501 in 144
Connecticut#30981 in 146
South Carolina#301011 in 170
Tennessee#301781 in 171
Pennsylvania#313181 in 174
Florida#323751 in 219
Louisiana#341031 in 202
Massachusetts#341611 in 182
New Jersey#362121 in 196
Texas#385761 in 277
Mississippi#39571 in 206
New York#423911 in 248
Arizona#461261 in 273
California#537531 in 304
Hawaii#53171 in 215
Nevada#53441 in 246
New Mexico#75281 in 291

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Sydney
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 60 spots since 2024 (#288 → #348)
  • 107 spots since 2020 (#241 → #348)
  • 226 spots since 2015 (#122 → #348)
  • Biggest jump: 862 spots in 1905 (#1,659 → #797)
  • Biggest drop: 930 spots in 1906 (#797 → #1,727)
Rise & fade · girls
114 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 2000 at #23 (10,243 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1994–2013
  • Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1981–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 177
  • Highest: 1 in 177 girls born in 2000 were named Sydney (0.56%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,841 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 42.9% of all girls named Sydney (76,444) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1940
  • Mostly boys until 1939, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s14#828 (1886)#982
1890s23#1,210 (1890)#1,366
1900s84#797 (1905)#1,447
1910s265#1,102 (1918)#1,275
1920s306#1,158 (1923)#1,501
1930s798#633 (1933)#822
1940s1,512#537 (1941)#633
1950s1,522#595 (1950)#793
1960s1,346#760 (1966)#916
1970s929#1,026 (1976)#1,268
1980s4,587#230 (1989)#622
1990s55,756#23 (1999)#76
2000s76,444#23 (2000)#32
2010s28,084#60 (2010)#117
2020s6,626#241 (2020)#284

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sydney in 2004

girls
#27
8,368 births · 1 in 219 girls
boys
#1,404
101 births · 1 in 19,653 boys

Top girls' names in 2004

  1. #1Emily25,042
  2. #2Emma21,625
  3. #3Madison20,628
  4. #4Olivia16,108
  5. #5Hannah15,614
  6. #6Abigail15,436
  7. #7Isabella15,021
  8. #8Ashley14,377
  9. #9Samantha13,786
  10. #10Elizabeth13,577
  11. #27Sydney8,368

Top boys' names in 2004

  1. #1Jacob27,911
  2. #2Michael25,470
  3. #3Joshua24,214
  4. #4Matthew22,882
  5. #5Ethan22,210
  6. #6Andrew21,717
  7. #7Daniel21,018
  8. #8William20,237
  9. #9Joseph20,147
  10. #10Christopher19,636
  11. #1,404Sydney101
More about 2004

girls

1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 219 of them was named Sydney, which outranked 99.9% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sydney
  1. #24Hailey8,685
  2. #25Ava8,645
  3. #26Jasmine8,492
  4. #27Sydney8,368
  5. #28Victoria8,279
  6. #29Ella8,252
  7. #30Mia7,399
Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. ↑ 948Rubi#1,561 → #613
  2. ↑ 607Kaydence#984 → #377
  3. ↑ 548Marin#1,383 → #835
  4. ↑ 543Diya#1,416 → #873
  5. ↑ 479Kadence#869 → #390
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,607Arly#949 → #2,556
  2. ↓ 433Shakira#747 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 414Anais#990 → #1,404
  4. ↓ 365Lisbeth#742 → #1,107
  5. ↓ 274Reanna#990 → #1,264

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 19,653 of them was named Sydney, which outranked 89.4% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sydney
  1. #1,394Jordi102
  2. #1,394Montana102
  3. #1,394Ramsey102
  4. #1,404Sydney101
  5. #1,404Bentley101
  6. #1,404Deion101
  7. #1,404Dorien101
  8. #1,414Aidyn100
  9. #1,414Cecil100
  10. #1,414Claudio100

Tied with 9 names at #1,404; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,308Koda#2,238 → #930
  2. ↑ 1,190Tayshaun#2,153 → #963
  3. ↑ 1,006Kanye#1,492 → #486
  4. ↑ 910Kyan#1,497 → #587
  5. ↑ 814Jaidyn#1,630 → #816
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Jahiem#873 → #1,328
  2. ↓ 325Ervin#942 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 323Jahir#809 → #1,132
  4. ↓ 282Jaheim#457 → #739
  5. ↓ 270Sabastian#946 → #1,216

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2004 →